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Chlorine compound or element

Updated: 8/9/2023

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A common misconception is that it's an element. However, it is a compound. It contains to bonded Cl atoms. H, O, F, Br, I, and N also behave like this. You will never find them in their pure form as single atoms, they will always come in covalently bonded pairs.

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